cortois

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cortois.

Adjective

cortois

  1. courteous, well-mannered

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

cortois m

  1. A dog character in the story of Reynard the fox.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “cortois”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “cortois”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Old French

Etymology

cort (“court of a monarch”) +‎ -ois.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔrˈtojs/

Adjective

cortois m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cortoise)

  1. noble, upper-class
  2. polite, well-mannered

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